Road work signs are a common sight on your drive around town. Workers are upgrading highways, neighborhood streets and other roadways to keep people safe. Accomplishing road work and providing improvements on highways are essential jobs, and worker safety is the number one priority. Road construction...
Aggregate is a crucial component of concrete. It consists of a broad range of materials like gravel, sand, slag, crushed stone and even recycled concrete. The material used for the aggregate comes in small pieces of various sizes, depending on the project at hand. Most...
If you plan on refreshing aspects of your current home or commercial building, using suitable driveway material is crucial. Although both materials feature a mixture of stone and other substances, concrete and asphalt have different attributes when it comes to aesthetics and durability. Typically asphalt is...
If you work with concrete, you may already be aware of the challenges that come with making, curing and handling concrete test cylinders in the field. In fact, this is the most common problem in concrete construction. How can you do a proper concrete compressive...
Successful construction crews operate year-round, and Pennsylvania sees every season's extremes. You'll have to work through a frigid Pennsylvania winter sooner or later, so it's crucial to understand how the temperature affects construction processes. Will concrete set in cold weather? What temperature is too cold to...
What Is Fiber-Reinforced Concrete? Simply put, fiber-reinforced concrete is any concrete that contains fibrous material, with the goal of increasing its structural integrity. These short fibers are distributed evenly throughout to decrease the chance of cracking. Pros And Cons Problems that concern many construction professionals when it comes...
If your construction job is taking place in the summer, you may be concerned about the problems hot weather poses for concreting. According to the American Concrete Institute (ACI), hot water concreting occurs when conditions such as warm outdoor temperatures, hot concrete temperatures, low humidity and high winds damage newly...
Once you've finished laying your concrete, the job isn't over. In most cases, concrete must be both cured and sealed. Learn why you need to cure concrete and why sealing concrete is important before taking the final steps. Why Is Curing Important for Concrete? First, it's crucial...
If you're mixing your own concrete, you'll need to remember that the relationship between water and cement (w/cm), is extremely important. Concrete forms when cement and aggregate meet water, initiating a chemical process that results in concrete. Adding about 23% of the cement volume in water...
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